More about Nathan: Read His Novel: American Fraternity Man Or Maybe His Novella: The Things I Don’t See Or the Campus History He Wrote: University of Central Florida Or the Anthology He Edited: 15 Views of Orlando But no matter what, read something. Click here to see what Nathan is currently reading.

| By Aaron Harriss | As I started the three-mile walk from my house to the bus stop a feeling of dishonesty nagged at me. I don’t use public transit. I don’t own a bicycle. I never even rode the school bus as a kid. Now I was supposed to spend the day riding the […]

As a native Orlandoan, I have grown up in a city where public transit has been historically underused by large swaths of the population. I myself have rarely used public transportation in my hometown, yet I have used it almost exclusively everywhere I have traveled around the world. I lived in London briefly, and that […]

My TrIP began on Pennsylvania Ave. in Winter Park, it was a sleepy over­cast Wednesday morning and I was on my clunky blue road bike. Somewhere along Pennsylvania is a very understated side entrance to Mead Botanical Gardens. The heavy gate opens to a short wandering trail that takes you over a stream that connects […]

Both individual and community mobility have huge implications for how people, ideas, and culture(s) are valued and integrated into broader society. The dominance of automobility directly impacts our access to basic needs as well as our sense of self and community. Car culture especially in car-centric cities like Orlando ultimately places emphasis on the experiences […]

In early November, I was volunteered to do the TrIP project by my store’s manager, Karen. Even though I have been peripherally involved with TrIP since the inception (even laying claim to it’s acronym), I had a dim, wary view of public transportation and no time or need to use it. I live, like most […]